I don't own Yugioh

3rd person POV

Jaden walked through his now empty house, pondering. Yusei and Akiza had just left for the ship he scheduled, leaving him free to speak with his dark side. He walked to a shadowed pool he kept in his basement, looking at his reflection in the water, except, it wasn't him looking back.

The supreme king would always be a part of him, and since he had melded that part of him with Yubel, it was a part of him he could work alongside instead of against. It also gave the king Yubel's mind instead of just being a corrupting force, driving him into insanity slowly.

"Yubel, I need to visit the shadow world." Jaden told his long time partner, who nodded back from within the pool.

"It is Jaden, you have spent too much time mending the destruction wrought to the human and spirit world's that you forgot the damage was mainly dealt to the shadow realm, your realm." It would always be strange to hear Yubel's voice coming from his own black armored reflection, but he agreed with her, he had been slacking in his duties, and for the sake of his students if nothing else he would fix what he could.

"I know Yubel, but it's time to fix that, let's go." Jaden said and he fell into the pool, and not a ripple spread as he hit the surface and fell into the world's beyond the mortal plane.

Jaden traversed the shadow realm quietly, his black armor gleaming in the pale reflected light. Even if he was king here, he wasn't a loved leader, he could put down shadow creatures of all shapes and sizes except for them. The ancient beings, the original shadows, the beings who touched Zorc Necrophades and led him down his dark path to destruction. They were the original whispers of pain and loss, driving countless men and women to slaughter and despair. Jaden had always been careful to avoid where they were imprisoned, lest they corrupt him as their essence leaked.

And now they were breaking free, if his guess was right, then all of them were free within the shadow realm and slowly gaining power. That was where he came it, Jaden was going to make sure that shadow beings of that power and might were unable to break free from his realm, police them as best he could. But first he felt shadows running free in the spirit world, that he needed to fix.

So Jaden traveled through the shadow realm and slipped through a small crack between the world's and found himself in a large spirit forest. The first sign he was in the right place was the complete lack of spirits present.

Jaden continued on, feeling for the shadows that were loose in the spirit world. When he had found them he set off at an even pace, his armor having dissipated after he left the shadow realm.

As Jaden neared the source of the shadows, he slowed to catch his breathe and make a stealthy approach.

In a clearing at the heart of the forest lay a large stone, and chained to that stone was a large blue dragon with pixie wings and a glowing mane of mint green hair.

Next to the large rock was a smaller rock, this one styled like a cross, tied and gagged to it was a small girl with hair matching the dragon's tied in twin pigtails. Standing guard over them was a black and yellow bordered woman and her machine spirit partner.

Jaden glared at the woman, to do something like this to a child was unforgivable, of course, how they both got into the spirit world was another question.

Jaden made a slight hand signal and proceeded out from his hiding spot into the sunlight of the clearing, foregoing stealth entirely.

"You know, I think this could easily be misunderstood as sexual abuse." Jaden said casually, but his eyes were taking in everything at a rapid pace.

"Jaden Yuki, the only man alive aside from the signers with the power to defeat us, what a surprise, I thought for sure it would be this little bitch's brother who came, not you." the woman said in a sultry tone, hard olive green eyes flashing from under the hood.

The chained girl tried to say something, but it was blocked by the gag and Jaden frowned at the woman. "My responsibility is to keep the shadows at bay, to control them, and while I haven't done the best job, I get the feeling that your people were in part responsible." Jaden said, keeping a close eye on both the cloaked woman and her partner.

"True, on both counts, and now you have stumbled into our web, unprepared, you truly are a foolish man, Jaden Yuki, you know not the power you face." As she spoke, the cloaked woman pointed her arm at her partner, which wore an identical cloak.

Her partner began to glow and grow. The cloak fell off and revealed a writhing mass of shadows, growing and taking the shape of a monkey.

"Rise, twisting shadow of the abyss, Cusillu!" the cloaked woman called and the yellow monkey gave a screech as it finished growing, becoming the size of a skyscraper.

"Well, that just happened." Jaden said carefully, Neos standing strong at his side and Yubel in his shadow.

"Goodbye Yuki, may you rot in the shadows." the cloaked woman said and at her signal, Cusillu shot a blast of shadows from its mouth at Jaden and his partners.

The shot connected and the explosion shook the entire forest.

Luna had spent a long time trapped alongside her partner, the Ancient Fairy Dragon who went by Fey. She was a gentle dragon for the most part, just as Luna was a kind person, but they both agreed that the dark cloaked woman and her partner were going down if they ever got the chance.

When Jaden Yuki, savior of the spirit realm and considered the most powerful duelist of all time, Luna allowed hope to fill her for the first time since becoming trapped. But that hope had since died as she watched Jaden get his by the cannon of shadow energy.

"That was easy, all talk and no talent." the cloaked woman scoffed, turning away from where Jaden once stood.

"Well, that was quite the impressive blast, shame it didn't work, what else do you have?" Jaden said as the dust cleared, completely untouched. The cloaked figure and Luna stared at him, stunned. Jaden allowed a smirk to form, silently thanking Yubel for absorbing the blast and slipping back into his shadow.

"Well well, I guess I have a fight on my hands." the cloaked woman smirked, an aura of white emitting from her. "Come at me with everything you have Jaden Yuki, it's time for you to be consumed by the shadows you think you rule."

Jaden rolled his shoulders once, completely ignoring the dark signers taunting. Boxing gloves of light forming around his hands Jaden and Neos jumped at the woman in perfect sync, only to be cut off as Cusillu stomped in front of them, protecting the dark signer.

Luna watched as Jaden fought the monstrosity with Neos, the two working in perfect well practiced sync. But it wasn't working. Jaden was seemingly immune to the cannon shots of darkness that Cusillu was letting off, but he wasn't able to land a solid hit while dodging the club like punches. Neos could hit and was taking chunks out of Cusillu, but the shadows would just knit themselves back together, leaving no sign the behemoth of darkness had ever been hit.

"Jaden, this isn't working." Yubel whispered to Jaden from his shadow as Jaden backflipped over a strike.

"I know Yubel, but I don't know what to do, never really had to fight against anything this big since the sacred beasts, and I had help both times I fought them." Jaden said sending a gattling shot of light at the monkey, who didn't even notice, the shots just dissolving into it's monstrous body.

"Then get help Jaden." Yubel said, gesturing to the chained girl, who was watching the fight closely.

"Good point, I don't think she'll be trying another one of those shadow blasts so you free the girl and her dragon while Neos and I take care of big and ugly." Jaden told Yubel.

"If you insist." Yubel sighed, knowing full well it was impossible to talk Jaden out of playing the hero.

Yubel sulked off as a shadow across the ground as Jaden reengaged Cusillu. Yubel quickly made her way to the girl and smashed the chain holding her down before moving to the dragon and yanking the chains off it.

"Thank you." the girl said in a quiet voice once she had removed the gag from her mouth. Yubel gave a nod and observed the girl, who was rubbing her sore wrists.

"Help us if you can, but stay out of danger, Jaden tends to get upset if children get hurt while he is nearby." Yubel told her in what she thought was a soothing voice, but just unnerved the girl.

And with that, Yubel jumped back into the fray, her demonic left hand wreathed in black energy and her right in a pale gray. But even with a third attacker, Cusillu didn't falter and Jaden began to tire, it had been years since he had last been a serious fight. All it took was one lucky hit from Cusillu and Jaden was sent flying backwards into a tree, cracking multiple ribs. Yubel immediately disengaged to help him, leaving the ever silent Neos to fight the Earthbound Immortal by himself, he was quickly taken out by a blast of shadows.

As a battered Jaden and Neos slowly rose to their feet, the dark signer gave a wicked laugh. "You fought well Yuki, but you will fall before me."

"No he won't, because this isn't real." Luna spoke from atop Ancient Fairy Dragon, looking down at the fight calmly. "I've been stuck here for long enough to know the surroundings, I can feel the very roots of the spirit world. It's much harder to summon an Earthbound Immortal here, to much shadow aura, so you're channeling it."

Jaden's eyes widened and quickly sent a pulse of gray energy through the clearing and Cusillu shattered. Left in its place was a wooden monster with three heads. The left head was of a young boy and the right a girl, but the center head was blank, no features and hair.

"An illusion, and it felt so completely real. I'm impressed, it's been years since something so simple slipped past me." Jaden said, his injuries having faded away after the illusion broke.

"You stupid little girl, I had him, I was so close, and you ruined it. This pitiful meatbag should have just drowned you when you were born." the cloaked figure snarled, flicking back her hood to reveal mint green hair and hard olive eyes glowing a sickly yellow. Luna's breath caught in her throat as she looked at the face of her mother for the first time in years.

"That's right little girl, your mother found out you father was unfaithful to her and she turned to the shadows. She was mine since then. When she found out she was supposed to hurt her precious children, she tried to turn back, to denounce me, but it was too late, I crushed her pitiful mind and took control. Your mother is as good as dead." Cusillu spoke through Luna's mother's body, each word hitting Luna straight to her heart.

"Then it's up to me to avenge my mother then." Luna said, letting her anger slip into her voice, Fey standing strong at her side. "Stay out of this Councilman Yuki, this thing just made it personal." and with that Luna plunged into battle against a wooden illusionist and her possesed mother.

Jaden could only watch as Luna released a blast of golden light magic from her hands into the puppet magician, which crumpled under the intense blast. Ancient Fairy dragon swooped through the air and screeched angrily, the sonic waves of the attack forcing the possessed dark signer to take a knee, covering her ears in pain.

"This ends now, I'm taking my family back!" Luna shouted, collecting the ambient particles from the spirit world into her, relishing in her connection to the plane and she shot a second cannon blast, combining with one Fey shot alongside her.

"Regulus Dragon Cannon!" she yelled and the dual blast crashed into Cusillu and nailed it into the ground.

Fey and Luna landed and Luna jumped off her dragon's back and carefully neared the crater that she had made when blasting her possesed mother.

"I can't believe it, I lost to a mere child." with those last words, the presence of Cusillu faded, leaving a barely conscious woman in its place.

"Luna." she was her last word and she dissolved into a bright light, leaving a tearful Luna alone in the crater.

"The possession was too much for her soul to take, but you freed her in the end, she died as herself." Jaden said to Luna softly, who had slowly walked out of the crater and started absently stroking her dragon's mane of hair.

"But there are others like her, who let one bad thing rule them, control them, and others like me meant to stop them." Luna said in a soft voice as she took comfort from her dragon.

"You're right, and your brother is out there right now trying to stop them, that mark on your arm is the key to it all." Jaden said, gesturing to the claw mark on Luna's arm.

"This mark is a trap, it was this mark that lead me to be captured and held prisoner, Leo, and anyone else who listens to it's voice. Where are they?" Luna still hadn't looked at Jaden, but he knew the girl was in shock, she had just faced down her possesed mother.

"They went to the Satellite, I have to stay here though and make sure once the Earthbound Immortals are defeated, they remained imprisoned within the shadow realm, so go and help them." Jaden said as he Yubel and Neos went back to the shadow realm, Luna jumped onto Fey's head and opened a portal from the spirit world to the Satellite and flew through it.

What neither Jaden nor Luna knew was that everything was going according to plan for one man sitting at a chessboard in the midst of a game. He reached out and moved a white rook backwards and a white bishop forwards to take a black bishop, but in doing so, left the black king wide open.

Wow, not my best fight, but Luna was always a character who was never much of a fighter, she always needed something to piss her off to fight effectively. I also though the anime had it wrong to just throw a random guy 'Devack' as a dark signer to face the twins, so I edited that part a little, hopefully it was more interesting.

Next chapter first of the tower battles, Leo vs Lazar. As always, reviews that aren't calling me trash are all welcome.

Happy Reading -Centurion Africanus